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Griffithtown, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. It stands on McCargo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalark quadrangle.

Griffithtown within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

114 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Griffithtown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,535 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined475 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionVAUGHN CREEK
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning41 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Griffithtown: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffithtown in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Griffithtown$150,000Hundreds of trees were snapped off or blown down. Several trees landed on one house. Outbuildings were damaged or destroyed.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindGriffithtown$30,000Dozens of large trees and power lines were down.
March 2026HailGriffithtown-Quarter-sized hail fell near the community of Gravel Junction.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGriffithtown-Measured from a personal weather station near Gravel Junction.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGriffithtown-Trees were down along Manchester Rd., Shandy Rd., and Hwy. 128.
March 2008Flash FloodGriffithtown-Flooded road conditions were reported at Arkansas Highway 7 in Griffithtown.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindGriffithtown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gravel Junction1.1 miles7
Joan4.2 miles7
Knoxville4.6 miles7
Daleville5.6 miles9
Arkadelphia6.8 miles9
Richwoods6.8 miles9
Gum Springs7.1 miles9
Shakertown8.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 49679. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.